Of course, not all pumpkins make good cat toys: Cindy Tobeck's monster gourd in Littlerock, Wash., for example, is better suited as a lookout post.

Of course, not all pumpkins make good cat toys: Cindy Tobeck's monster gourd in Littlerock, Wash., for example, is better suited as a lookout post.

Photo: Pete Caster / Pcaster@chronline., Associated Press

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Scrubbed before market: Pakistani livestock traders wash their goats in a river ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival in Lahore. The
Festival of Sacrifice marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Abraham's readiness to
sacrifice his son for God. less

Scrubbed before market: Pakistani livestock traders wash their goats in a river ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival in Lahore. The Festival of Sacrifice marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ... more

Shooting from the lip: During the Vegetarian Festival in the Phuket, Thailand, devotees pierce themselves with all sorts of objects and
commit other painful acts in order to purify themselves and take on the sins of the community. This man,
appropriately enough, is a devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow Shrine. less

Shooting from the lip: During the Vegetarian Festival in the Phuket, Thailand, devotees pierce themselves with all sorts of objects and commit other painful acts in order to purify themselves and take on ... more

Photo: Christophe Archambault, AFP/Getty Images

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Buoyed by a plastic bottles, a villager swims in floodwaters in Kabin Buri, Thailand. Twenty-seven provinces in Thailand remain flooded following weeks of rain.

Buoyed by a plastic bottles, a villager swims in floodwaters in Kabin Buri, Thailand. Twenty-seven provinces in Thailand remain flooded following weeks of rain.

Apes in peril: An endangered Borneon orangutan died Thursday at the Surabaya Zoo - Indonesia's "death zoo" - the
latest in a rash of suspicious animal deaths. The deaths have prompted calls to close the facility to save
other orangs, like baby Rizki here. less

Apes in peril: An endangered Borneon orangutan died Thursday at the Surabaya Zoo - Indonesia's "death zoo" - the latest in a rash of suspicious animal deaths. The deaths have prompted calls to close the ... more

Two owl butterflies drink from orange wedges at the butterfly conservatory in the American Natural History Musem in New York. Owl butterflies' coloration mimics the raptor's eyes in order to scare off predators. less

Two owl butterflies drink from orange wedges at the butterfly conservatory in the American Natural History Musem in New York. Owl butterflies' coloration mimics the raptor's eyes in order to scare off ... more

Photo: Emmanuel Dunand, AFP/Getty Images

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The watchers: The art installation "Waechter der Zeit" (guardians of time) stands in front of the Berlin cathedral during the
festival of lights.

The watchers: The art installation "Waechter der Zeit" (guardians of time) stands in front of the Berlin cathedral during the festival of lights.